Saturday 17 June 2017
For the past year or so we’ve been running a monthly get together called A Celebration of the Seasons. It’s been a great success! Hardly surprising as there are many of us who enjoy the garden and countryside, and enjoy...
Saturday 3 June 2017
Weve enjoyed an abundance of red this spring and early summer! The Garden House is always awash with many many colours, but we feel the reds this years have been exceptional from the early tulips through to poppies, looking their...
Friday 19 May 2017
Join us for this special event at The Garden House where you will be able to buy from a variety of specialist plant stalls – all in one place! Local plant nurseries will be selling all manner of shrubs, herbaceous perennials,...
Saturday 6 May 2017
Our garden is full of columbines (Aquilegia) this year dancing columbines as my grandmother used to call them. We love their extraordinary shapes, bright and exotic colour or even black as night colour! Im sure we will see plenty of...
Monday 1 May 2017
We opened for the NGS (National Garden Scheme) this bank holiday weekend, and thanks to our wonderful visitors raised well over £2,000 for charity! The weather may not have been perfect (though Saturday was super sunny!) but garden was looking...
Sunday 16 April 2017
Come and visit The Garden House – we are opening for the NGS (National Garden Scheme) on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th April. Its a wonderful time of year to visit our garden, the tulips are looking glorious and there...
Saturday 8 April 2017
Here at The Garden House we love bergenias, although in some quarters they are considered rather ‘old-fashioned’ and even boring! As you may know we are planning an exciting trip to the gardens of Norfolk and on our way back...
Friday 24 March 2017
You still have time to catch this exciting and vibrant exhibition it’s on until 7 May 2017, at the Fashion & Textile Museum in Bermondsey Street, London. We loved it, such a fresh and exuberant approach to furnishings, and all inspired...
Thursday 16 March 2017
Being Brighton gardeners were very conscious of the challenges that face those of us with exposed or southern coastal gardens. A year or two back we visited the amazing Ventnor Botanic Gardens on the Isle of Wight and met Irene Fletcher who worked...
Sunday 5 March 2017
Our lead picture was taken today but this lovely miniature iris has been in flower for about a month now. What a favourite this little gem is! There are many types of Iris, rhizomatous or bulbous perennials, all with narrow leaves...
Sunday 26 February 2017
One of our favourite occupations aside from gardening of course is to explore ways to refresh the look of the garden by antique hunting, and early spring is the perfect time for giving your garden not just a planting makeover,...
Thursday 16 February 2017
Each month here at the Garden House we spend one evening celebrating the time of year. These evenings are for lovers of gardens, plants, food and drink, and traditional crafts. Over the last few sessions we have celebrated Hygge, listened to mysterious...